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While Philosophy is a small field it is a generally good one. It offers a background for a variety of occupations while avoiding the superficiality of other general fields like Sociology. To get anything from Philosophy requires considerable concentration and also work with one's tutor. The tutorial, however, is very good as are the majority of lectures. Therefore the field is to be highly recommended for concentration if you're of a theoretical bent, and for general courses if you want a background of ideas for a more specific field. It is an excellent field to combine particularly with...
...concentrator should be prepared to read much and to read it thoroughly with an eye to ideas and trends as well as facts. Thus it is advisable as an introduction to the field to take such survey courses as History 1 and English 1 and background courses in Philosophy, Fine Arts and Sociology. With a background made up of several disciplines the students is able to cope with the broad cultural approach demanded. At the same time Junior Divisionals make it imperative that the concentrator sink his teeth into the main meat of his special field during Sophomore year...
...concentrator should be fairly sure of his interest and should be aiming to pursue it after college. Of late it has become a much less popular major for pre-Medical students than it once was, in as much as the Medical Schools are seeking a more general cultural background. However, as a training for work in pure science Biology is probably unexcelled. The stiff and well organized labs give you the best sort of fundamentals and the variety of subject matter a certain amount of scope. Yet if you have something very specific in mind like Sanitary Engineering...
...there is no record that his activities toward appeasing Germany were less patriotic than those of Neville Chamberlain and many another man of property and peace. Nevertheless, when he arrived in the U. S. as Ambassador, the mass of U. S. citizens instinctively distrusted him because of his background. They have continued to distrust him because Ambassador Henry-Haye has chosen to plead his cause largely among intimates in U. S. salons rather than among the masses in U. S. saloons. His pride, his bitterness that France with her 100,000 World War II dead...
...inspiring lecturer. It centers in the laboratory requiring from ten to eighteen hours a week. 2, under Fleser, while less exacting than 4 is a very thorough introduction into organic chemistry, and is generally considered excellent. Likewise 6 under Wilson in physical chemistry. Math and Physics are particularly necessary background for this latter course...